ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Bugs, Bytes, and Basal Area – How Forest Inventory & Analysis Programs Support Forest Entomology Research

Wednesday, November 14, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
301 B, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Organizers:
James T. Vogt
Therese M. Poland


1:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:35 PM
Early signs of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) infestations in Tennessee?  Potential of forest inventory and analysis data for advance detection
James T. Vogt, USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station ; Christopher Oswalt, USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station
1:50 PM
Climatic constraints to emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) spread: Potential for ash survival in the wake of infestation
Ryan D. DeSantis, University of Missouri ; W. Keith Moser, USDA, Forest Service, Northern Research Station ; Dale D. Gormanson, USDA, Forest Service, Northern Research Station ; Marshall G. Bartlett, Hollins University
2:05 PM
2:20 PM
Threatened resources: Fraxinus, Juglans, and Tsuga populations in Tennessee and Kentucky
Christopher Oswalt, USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station
2:35 PM
Forest inventory and analysis data and the hemlock wooly adelgid: Evaluating impacts in the eastern United States
R. Talbot Trotter, USDA, Forest Service ; Randall S. Morin, USDA, Forest Service ; Sonja N. Oswalt, USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station ; Andrew M. Liebhold, USDA, Forest Service
2:50 PM
When two worlds collide: Invasions by the hemlock wooly adelgid and beech scale converge and destroy a climax forest type
Andrew M. Liebhold, USDA, Forest Service ; Randall S. Morin, USDA, Forest Service
3:05 PM
Break
3:35 PM
Impact of recent oak decline and red oak borer (Enaphalodes rufulus) on Arkansas oak-hickory forests
Laurel J. Haavik, University of Arkansas ; Joshua S. Jones, University of Arkansas ; Larry D. Galligan, University of Arkansas ; James M. Guldin, USDA, Forest Service ; Fred M. Stephen, University of Arkansas
3:50 PM
From forest inventory data to risk maps to surveillance of invasive species: A case study
John W. Coulston, USDA, Forest Service ; Frank H. Koch, USDA, Forest Service ; William D. Smith, USDA, Forest Service ; Frank Sapio, USDA, Forest Service
4:05 PM
Predicting future spruce beetle occurrence using forest inventory and analysis data from the Intermountain West
R. Justin DeRose, USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station ; John D. Shaw, USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station ; James N. Long, Utah State University ; Barbara J. Bentz, USDA, Forest Service
4:20 PM
Integration of pest damage survey and forest inventory data to assess regional gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) impacts
Randall S. Morin, USDA, Forest Service ; Andrew M. Liebhold, USDA, Forest Service
4:35 PM
Crown-condition assessment toolbox for forest entomology research
KaDonna C. Randolph, USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station
4:50 PM
Modeling urban distributions of host trees for invasive forest pests
Frank H. Koch, USDA, Forest Service ; Mark J. Ambrose, North Carolina State University ; Denys Yemshanov, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service ; P. Eric Wiseman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
5:05 PM
Discussion
5:25 PM
Concluding Remarks
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